Summary Of Backlash By Sarah Littman

All too often we do not think about our personal strength until a situation arises that causes us to use this natural attribute that we know as strength.

Lizzie Velasquez’s story is somewhat similar to Nicole’s: Lizzie Velasquez was born with a syndrome that made her look different from everyone else and for this she was repeatedly harassed. One occasion, seventeen-year-old Lizzie was browsing Youtube when she came upon a video titled: World’s Ugliest Woman. She was horrified to recognize her own face in that video. Although it seemed that nothing would ever get better, Lizzie Velasquez didn’t give up. Instead, she starred in a documentary: A Brave Heart, to raise bullying awareness in schools!

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

During this week's reading of Backlash by: Sarah Darer Littman. I got frustrated reading the book. Lara tried to kill herself in her bathroom with pills. She’s been bullied and that's why she tried to kill herself. In the book I read, “ He says: You’re an awful person…. He says, I’d never be caught dead at a school dance with a loser like you.” This made me made because Lara had no one to defend her. When I had people bulling my I at least had people defending me. For example when people would say mean things to me in the halls Selma would always shut them up. If Lara had someone to stand up for her I think that things would have ended differently. When I finished the book I got the strong theme of be the bigger person. At the end of the book

Kate McCaffrey's Destroying Avalon portrays the concept that people can become trapped by their fear and shame from bullying, consequently not seeking help. Although this idea does have a lot of substance to back it up, it's not entirely true.

In the strength finder self- assurance, this individual has developed self -confidence and courage to face whatever challenges in which life may bring. This individual

Vince Lombardi once said, “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” Most people throughout the world strive for success in whatever they may be doing, and along with this, many reasons contribute to why success is achieved or not. If a person does not succeed, they may automatically blame themselves because of their level of strength. Others may blame themselves for not having enough knowledge about what they are trying to succeed at. The real reason that people may not succeed, however, is their low level of will, determination, and happiness. Both knowledge and strength combine to help a person succeed because of the will and determination that

Everyone will face obstacles one day in life; but we can bow down and let them take over us or we can rise up to the challenge and conquer them. Often this rush of adrenaline or excitement cause one’s inner sense to take over and show what an individually can really do; this is often remarkable and shows that when you are backed into a corner, your inner strength shines through. Do not let this fear of a challenge over take you ,but instead use it to your advantage and show the world who you really are.

like not being able to recognize failure, which results in the loss of purpose as well as the loss of willingness to improve. By not being able to deal with failure, one’s life can be put to a stop and lead them on a bad path. One must be able to recover from failure and see that failure is only a stepping stone to a better and brighter future. Failure is difficult to recover from and often leads to more failure, but it is not impossible to recover from. With resilience and drive, a person who understands what failure is, is able to conquer it.

From reading this book it reminded me of a viral video that circulated the internet about a young teen named Casey Heynes who fought back after getting severely bullied all his life over his weight. In 2011 a video was uploaded to the internet of Casey slamming down one of the bullies who was picking on him. The next day the video had touched millions all over the world and Casey became a part of many documentaries and interviews. Casey states that after many years of getting picked on he had to do something about it and fight

Overweight Lara Kelly was bullied and depressed in middle school. Now. a sophomore, 30 pounds lighter. Her life finally turned better. She made the cheerleading team, has new friends, and a hot boy from a different school likes her on Facebook. Her ex-best friends Bree, who ended their friendship two years ago when Lara’s depression for overweighting got in the way. Bree is mad for not making cheer team. Sarah Darer Littman made a book called BackLash that shows us to think before we act. If Lara thought of all the consequences that could occur by friending Christian on Facebook. Her life would have turned out differently.

The key component to any success story is self-confidence. If you cannot believe in yourself to accomplish your goals, then no one else will believe in you either. By denying your challenger the power to mentally overtake you, you are one step closer to victory. Through insight to the power of the mind and an understanding that undervaluing your ability will be detrimental to your success, but also understanding that you are exceptionally stronger than you have yet to find out, a person has the power to defy all expectations and become an individual in a world of

This is similar to the story of Wendy Harmer, who, as a child, suffered to a great extent from bullying due to her race and facial deformity. In both circumstances the characters found that even though

However, if we choose to give up on ourselves in the middle of the journey just because we have low self-esteem and do not believe that others can support us, we can never be successful. Hence, only the person who endures throughout the journey and believes strongly in hope is qualified enough to be successful.